'Ojek' driver murdered

'Ojek' driver murdered

TANGERANG (JP): Police are investigating the murder of an ojek
(motorcycle taxi) driver who was found in a ditch on Jl. Jona
Keroncong here, Jatiuwung Police chief Sr. Insp. Budi Hermawan
said on Thursday.

"We assume there are more than one suspect," Budi said.

"The driver, Tarmidi, was on his way to pick up his son from a
Koran lesson on Wednesday evening when an unidentified man
stopped and asked the 30-year-old driver to take him somewhere,"
Budi added.

But when they arrived at the destination, several men
approached Tarmidi and attacked him with sharp weapons, he said.

Tarmidi's wife, Okta Waniarti, who became worried when her
husband failed to come home, asked her neighbors to help her
look for Tarmidi, Budi said.

"They found him in a ditch a few hundred meters from his house
with seven stab wounds to his chest and one on his left thigh.

"The suspects stole Tarmidi's motorcycle," he said. (41/jaw)